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Originally Posted by opendoor
Even if the war ended today, I'd be shocked in Ukraine was admitted to NATO anytime soon. Even pre-war, they had the 2nd lowest GDP per capita in Europe (next to Moldova), were rated as the 2nd most corrupt (next to Russia), and they've had multiple revolutions in the last 2 decades. There's no real precedence for NATO admitting a member with that kind of instability. Albania and North Macedonia would be the closest comparable, but they're much more stable and they don't share a huge border with Russia.
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Yeah, it would make no sense to allow them in and put all of NATO at risk. Supplying them with intelligence, arms, training, opening our doors to immigration, etc. is the best way to help without escalating and without putting NATO troops at risk. Super sucks for Ukraine, but not sure if we want to commit ourselves to perpetual involvement in the instability of that region with really no upside to us. Strategically, Ukraine is a good buffer between NATO countries (Poland, specifically, and then everything else west of that) and Russia, anyway. Cold way to look at it, but that has to be thinking.